{"id":1072820,"date":"2021-12-01T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T18:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072820"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T18:58:32","slug":"biden-fcc-nominee-claims-calling-fox-news-propaganda-will-not-influence-her-as-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-fcc-nominee-claims-calling-fox-news-propaganda-will-not-influence-her-as-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden FCC Nominee Claims Calling Fox News \u2018Propaganda\u2019 Will Not Influence Her as Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-fcc-nominee-claims-calling-fox-news-propaganda-will-not-influence-her-as-commissioner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072820&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Biden-pick-for-FCC-Gigi-Sohn-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Gigi Sohn, one of President Joe Biden\u2019s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominees, said on Wednesday that her labeling Fox News \u201cstate-sponsored propaganda\u201d would not influence her policies as a potential FCC commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) asked Sohn about her criticism of conservative media. Sohn, if confirmed to become an FCC commissioner, would have wide swathe over conservative media and other news outlets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sohn cofounded Public Knowledge, a leftist nonprofit that has called on cable and satellite providers to censor One America News. Sohn has also called for the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a conservative-owned network of local broadcasters, to be stripped of its license.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC nominee has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/11\/30\/newsmax-and-oan-back-far-left-pick-for-fcc-commissioner-who-wants-to-censor-conservative-channels\/\">called<\/a> Fox News \u201cdangerous to our democracy\u201d and \u201cstate-sponsored propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wicker asked Sohn if she harbors any bias against Fox News and conservative media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sohn said her comments were made in the context of \u201chearings\u201d and \u201cmedia reports\u201d and admitted her tone \u201cwas a little sharper\u201d than it should be.<\/p>\n<p>She then claimed that her comments as a progressive technology advocate would not influence her work as an FCC commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy opinions as a public interest advocate will have no bearing on how I behave as a policy maker,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sohn admitted that her commentary against Fox News \u201cwas too sharp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans have lined up against Biden\u2019s FCC nominee, blasting her criticism of conservative media.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, \u201cGigi Sohn is a complete political ideologue who has disdain for conservatives. She would be a complete nightmare for the country when it comes to regulating the public airwaves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said,&nbsp;\u201cShe\u2019s [Sohn] very left, she\u2019s going to be a heavy hand in regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\"><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gigi Sohn, one of President Joe Biden\u2019s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominees, said on Wednesday that her labeling Fox News \u201cstate-sponsored propaganda\u201d would not influence her policies as a potential &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}